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Despite improvements in economic and social empowerment, women in many countries still have little control over their fertility and reproductive health. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores a program that reduces barriers to family planning by providing financial and peer support to women in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. Globally, an estimated 270 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception, and this may be even more critical in places like rural Uttar Pradesh where our study takes place. This is a patrilineal and patrilineal society, where women live with their husbands and in-laws…

Welcome to the trend zone, friends.If you are reading this, you have successfully logged off from social media to read about social media. Very meta, very humble. It’s true that social media is now a big part of everyday life for most of us. The number of people on social media platforms has doubled since 2017 with around 5 billion users – around 64% of the population – browsing cat videos and sourdough bread recipes. But of course it’s not all kittens and carbs. Social media can spread misinformation and outright lies. And it’s not always easy to know what’s…

Written by Ellen McCammon Managing menstruation in India can be difficult. May be characterized by challenges with obtaining, cleaning, storing and disposing of period supplies and inadequately private, safe and clean bathrooms [1]. Apart from the logistical and resource-based difficulties in managing the physical experience of menstruation, there are also emotional and psychological challenges associated with menstruation in India, where periods are highly stigmatized. [1, 2]. A study published in SRHM in 2001 on menstruating women in the slums of Delhi, India, found that many women knew nothing about menstruation before it began and received little information about…

Sugar and high fructose corn syrup are the original industrial sweeteners— cheap, full of empty calories and contributing to diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes, tooth decay and metabolic syndrome. Artificial sweeteners, such as NutraSweet, Splenda and Sweet’N Low, are second-generation sweeteners. It’s practically calorie-free, though warns have been set for them adverse effects. Sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol, xylitol and erythritol, are the third generation sweeteners. They are low in calories but have laxative effects or even worse. What about rare sugars like allylose? What is allylose? Allulose it is a natural, so-called rare sugar, which exists in nature…

Let’s compare resistance training and strength training. Which should I do?3 goals we will reveal in this article:Define resistance training and strength training to compare and contrast.Find out which one is best for youExplore the Methodology that will give you the maximum benefits!By default: Resistance Training:Any exercise where your muscles contract against an external force.A pretty vague definition, as well as a pretty low line to describe an “exercise”, wouldn’t you say? When your mom wrapped you tightly in a blanket when you were a newborn, and you fought against that “outside force” to free your arms and legs, you…

Babies of all species, from mice to humans, quickly forget things that happen to them – an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia can control this kind of forgetting in young mice, according to a study published Jan. 20u in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Erika Stewart, of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and colleagues. Infants and young children grow quickly and take in vast amounts of information as they grow. However, there is a lack of episodic memory from this early developmental period—memory of past events such as a first birthday party…

Researcher postpartum massage near me it is usually not a luxury. This is a relief. After pregnancy and birth, your body can feel like it’s doing ten jobs at once: feeding, carrying, rocking, bending, lifting, and trying to recover on very little sleep. Neck and shoulder tension becomes normal. Lower back tightness appears out of nowhere. Hips feel “off”. And stress is in your body even when you’re trying to rest. A good postpartum massage can help, but not every massage therapist is trained for postpartum bodies, and not every spa environment is set up for what you really need…

Your pelvic floor is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, parts of your body. It’s a group of muscles, ligaments and connective tissues that form a hammock-like sling at the base of your pelvis. These muscles support the bladder, bowels, reproductive organs (in women, including the uterus and vagina), and play a key role in core stability, continence, sexual function, and even posture. As a mom who has helped thousands pregnancybirth and postpartum recovery, I know how confusing pelvic floor health can be. Many women (and men) come to me frustrated after years of “just do more Kegels”…

As a registered dietitian, my snacking rules are simple: Taste comes first. The has taste good or you know they’ll just trade someone else’s fruit. Simple ingredients. Always the real food first. I try to avoid unnecessary fillers, preservatives and BS ingredients that don’t benefit our kids. Protein + fiber when possible. Most packaged snacks are full of empty simple carbohydrates. Chips and crackers aren’t going to cut it for a day full of learning and activities. Protein keeps kids full. Fiber keeps things moving and energy levels steady. Low added sugar. Sugar from natural sources like fruit or dairy…

Bowel habits aren’t exactly table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes wrong, people can experience constipation, diarrhea or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, the biological mechanisms that control bowel movements are not yet fully understood. A new study, published today in Intestinereports DNA evidence for intestinal motility and points to the biology of vitamin B1 (thiamine) as an unexpected avenue for further research. An international team coordinated by Mauro D’Amato, professor of Medical Genetics at LUM University, and Research Professor Ikerbasque at CIC bioGUNE, member of BRTA, used a large-scale genetic…